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Over the last 24 hours, 90 more positive cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the county, according to the latest figures from Public Health England released earlier today (Tuesday, April 14).

It means the total for the county as a whole now stands at 1,977.

Of those cases, 1,562 have been recorded in the Essex County Council region, a further 220 have been registered in Southend-on-Sea and 195 are from the area under the control of Thurrock Council.

It comes after the Department of Health and Social Care announced that 12,107 people have now died from coronavirus across the UK, with 778 more deaths recorded in the last 24 hours.

Nationwide, more than 93,873 people have now tested positive for the virus, and Essex alone is now the fifth worst-affected local authority in England in terms of confirmed cases.

The UK government looks set to extend the original three-week lockdown period which has meant people are only allowed to leave their homes for essential trips such as shopping, caring for the vulnerable and travel to and from work if they can't work from home.

With the number of confirmed cases and deaths still rising significantly, it seems inevitable that the initial three week lockdown period will be extended by the government imminently, with Dominic Raab confirming that no changes should be expected this week.

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